Translating Beowulf
Subtitle: modern versions in English verse
By: Hugh Magennis
Publisher: D.S. Brewer; D.S.Brewer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781843842613
Subjects: Epic poetry, English (Old); History and criticism; Translations; Beowulf
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-239) and index.

In English; passages in Old English with Modern English translations.
Table of contents: title: Beowulf and translation; title: Approaching the poetry of Beowulf; title: Reception, perceptions, and a survey of earlier verse translations of Beowulf; title: Edwin Morgan : speaking to his own age; title: Burton Raffel : mastering the original to leave it; title: Michael Alexander : shadowing the Old English; title: Seamus Heaney : a living speech raised to the power of verse; title: Other post-1950 verse translations.